Masks of the UniverseMacmillan Publishing Company, 1985 - 306 Seiten From the animistic world of the primitives of Newton's well-oiled clockwork to the warp and weave of Einsteinian spacetime, Harrison shows how every universe has been the ultimate universe--until a better one came along. Harrison also tours our latest version of the universe, deftly charting the strange, tiny cosmos of subatomic particles and the vast, limitless ocean of stars and galaxies. Throughout, the author enlivens his discussions with the words and thoughts of a dazzling array of renowned scientists, poets, and philosophers both past and present. He includes a number of carefully chosen illustrations--from an engraving of Dante's conception of the universe to a simple space-and-time diagram. ISBN 0-02-948780-3: $18.95. |
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... realm of nature , consisting of things stretching in size from atoms to galaxies , is ruled not by the gods of antiquity , but by the laws of motion and the push and pull of electrical and gravitational forces . Electrical forces ...
... realm of nature , consisting of things stretching in size from atoms to galaxies , is ruled not by the gods of antiquity , but by the laws of motion and the push and pull of electrical and gravitational forces . Electrical forces ...
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... realm , which combine in various ways to form hadrons . These strange new creatures , called quarks by Murray Gell ... realm with its DNA and other elaborate structures , to the atomic realm with its apparent order and simplicity ...
... realm , which combine in various ways to form hadrons . These strange new creatures , called quarks by Murray Gell ... realm with its DNA and other elaborate structures , to the atomic realm with its apparent order and simplicity ...
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... realm , amidst the inconceivable , and we are then left with no more than the name of an ungraspable entity of problematical existence . The familiar generalizations associated with the name are at best stock - in - trade metaphors and ...
... realm , amidst the inconceivable , and we are then left with no more than the name of an ungraspable entity of problematical existence . The familiar generalizations associated with the name are at best stock - in - trade metaphors and ...
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INTRODUCING THE MASKS | 1 |
WORLDS IN THE MAKING | 15 |
THE HEART DIVINE | 119 |
Urheberrecht | |
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